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Equity firm creates new model for sporting ranches in Western states	18.5.2013	Denver Post: Business
Equity firm creates new model for sporting ranches in Western states
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Tom Ross: Steamboat and Ouray have hot springs in common	18.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
I’ve always urged that it’s important to visit other mountain towns to gain new insights into the quirky, little burgh we happen to inhabit.
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Steamboat briefs: Lolo Thornton awarded Montana State scholarship	16.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
The Lowell Whiteman School senior Lolo Thornton has earned a presidential scholarship at Montana State University, where she will start studying in the fall.
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Letting go of the Old West	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Michael Dax Published May 15, 2013 01:01AM MDT Frederick Jackson Turner’s classic 1893 essay, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” argued that the frontier experience — the opportunity for unlimited expansion into “uninhabited” lands — shaped the country’s entrepreneurial spirit. Turner’s essay took on added significance because three years earlier, the Census Bureau had declared the frontier closed. The line that separated “civilized” from “uncivilized” was gone. Over the next few decades, settlers filled in the remaining... ...
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Saving Utah’s sage grouse	11.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Mark Salvo And Allison Jones Published May 11, 2013 01:01AM MDT Greater sage grouse endure icy winters and blazing summers on the high desert, subsisting on little more than wildflowers and tiny, bitter sagebrush leaves. Some flocks migrate over a hundred miles annually between summer and winter habitat. But every spring they arrive faithfully to their dancing grounds, called leks, to stage flamboyant mating displays. The largest grouse in North America, sage grouse are amazing birds. Nineteenth century travelers reported seeing huge flocks of sage grouse th... ...
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Boulder-area trails fall victim to muds of May as city, county order closures	11.5.2013	Denver Post: Outdoors
Under brilliantly sunny skies today, some Boulder area hikers, runners and cyclists setting out to log serious miles on their favorite trails might have found themselves having to beat feet in another direction.
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A thirst for innovation	10.5.2013	Durango Herald
TOWAOC x2013 The bright green alfalfa fields appear like a surreal oasis tucked into the rolling hills of desert shrubbery that extend south as far as the eye can see. Here, 12 miles southwest of Towaoc, the Ute Mountain Ute Farm amp Ranch Enterprise cultivates 7,600 acres of farmland thanks to a ribbon of water that flows south...
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Texas county shaken as migrant deaths rise	10.5.2013	Denver Post: National News Headlines
FALFURRIAS, Texas — At the Sacred Heart Burial Park in Brooks County, the graves of dead migrants spread across three sections of the cemetery, topped with plastic carnations and simple
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LDS Church sells Provo River tract to fund for development	9.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 06:39PM MDT A scenic tract of land on the upper Provo River owned by the LDS Church has been bought by a private equity fund than plans to turn the property into a high-end development aimed at well-heeled fly-fishing homebuyers. Sporting Ranch Capital Management bought the 204-acre property in Summit and Wasatch counties east of Park City last month from Property Reserve Inc., which manages real estate owned by the Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Terms of th... ...
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Frontier anxiety for the 21st century	7.5.2013	Writers on the Range
The West has outgrown its early focus on extraction; its identity now is the legacy of public lands.
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Colorado Birding Trail a (nearly) statewide network for birders	7.5.2013	Denver Post: Lifestyles
The Colorado Birding Trail's name is a bit of a misnomer: There's no trailhead, and the overall project is more comparable to the state's scenic byways than to hiking trails.
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Community Agricultural Allience: Riding the range	3.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
A family road trip from Michigan to Steamboat Springs as a 6-year-old first changed my worldview.
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Storm Mountain Ranch owners take property tax appeal to state board	1.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
A group of Routt County property owners who’ve been affected by recent legislation changing the way agricultural land is defined for tax purposes is taking its fight to the state level.
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Utah prosecutor dismisses suddenly high-profile ‘ag gag’ case	1.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Jim Dalrymple Ii The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 30, 2013 12:32PM MDT Draper city prosecutors have dismissed a misdemeanor against an animal welfare activist who filmed a Utah slaughterhouse one day after the case made headlines. Prosecutors Tuesday dismissed the case against Amy Meyer,who had faced a class B misdemeanor for agricultural operation interference. Prosecutors filed the charge in Draper’s justice court Feb. 19 after Meyer reportedly used her cell phone to film the Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing Co. 11 days earlier. The case was the first to be p... ...
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Everett Ruess redux	30.4.2013	From the Blogs
A new film about the young artist-vagabond who vanished in Utah in 1934.
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Pack mentality: Complex social interactions can trump experience and safety in the face of danger	28.4.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Not again, thought Megan Michelson.The professional skier and writer was in Brazil working for ESPN when she heard about the avalanche that killed five men April 20 near Loveland Pass.
Pack mentality may do more harm than good during an avalanche	28.4.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Pack mentality may do more harm than good during an avalanche
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Colorado Springs ranch aims to ride again this summer	28.4.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Colorado Springs ranch aims to ride again this summer
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Gypsum, school district enter agreements for land exchange	28.4.2013	Vail Colorado: Business
Gypsum and the Eagle County School District are getting serious about a land exchange in which almost no cash would change hands. Eagle Valley High School needs more space for practice fields, and the town owns a 5.6-acre parcel adja ...
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What to do outside of the Vail Valley? Low water? No problem	28.4.2013	Vail Colorado: Editorials
The snow might finally be done dumping on Eagle County. The resorts have called it quits, and though some good skiing is still to be had at Arapahoe Basin and Loveland, sunny days and higher temperatures have us thinking of spring. B ...
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